May 2010 Events

3 course lunch followed by the AGM.

Fee payable: Members £20.50 / Non-members £20.50

Speaker: Sandy Needham, Bradford Chamber

£10 charge for the buffet after the AGM and the speaker

Fee payable: Members £10.00 / Non-members £10.00

Speaker: Ros Martin

1-5 places: £62+VAT per seminar, 6-11 places: £51+VAT per seminar, 12+ places: £48+VAT per seminar

Fee payable: see description

Speaker: Tony Jenkins

1-5 places: £62+VAT per seminar, 6-11 places: £51+VAT per seminar, 12+ places: £48+VAT per seminar

Fee payable: see description

Speaker: David Lishman

Drinks and nibbles from 5.30pm. AGM to start at 6.00pm, with David Lishman concluding the evening speaking at 6.15pm

No charge

Speaker: Dick Williams

Fee payable: Members £5.00 / Non-members £10.00

Speaker: Stephanie Clark, ACMA

Whether you are a qualified or part-qualified management accountant, you will have encountered a range of experiences in your professional career to date; some of which you will have resolved successfully, and others maybe not so successfully. With this in mind, this event has been designed to encourage members to share these experiences so that members can learn from those that were resolved successfully. In groups, you will discuss more suitable resolutions for those experiences that had a less successful result and present your solutions to the wider group. So in addition to learning from each other, this is a great opportunity to practice your presentation skills and network with fellow members. The evening will be facilitated by Stephanie Clark ACMA, CIMA West Yorkshire Branch board member, but the main interest will come from your take on the scenarios that you will be presented with to discuss, and the solutions generated from your discussions.

No charge

Speaker: Ms Deborah Goodall

Since 1837 the Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS) has promoted and developed the best of food and farming in the region. With over 10,000 members the YAS is also well known for running the Great Yorkshire Show (GYS). 2010 will see the 152nd Great Yorkshire Show with exhibitors coming from all over the UK and 130,000 visitors, making GYS England's largest agricultural show. Innovation, with a strong sense of traditional values has been key to this success. Deborah Goodall, Marketing Manager for the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, will talk about how The Great Yorkshire Show has, and still keeps itself at the heart of English food and farming. Registration is from 18:00, the event begins at 19:00 and is expected to finish at 20:00

Fee payable: Members free / Non-members £24.50

Speaker: Stephen Jenner and Peter Glynne

Research shows that many organisations still struggle to demonstrate a return on their investments in change. Addressing this calls for a three-pronged approach – ensuring we are clear about the anticipated benefits from an investment; going beyond hurdle rates of return to capturing all forms of potential value; and active management to exceed the forecast The challenge starts with the business case – failing projects and programmes don’t have brilliant business cases, and the evidence shows that too often they contain ‘assumptions that masquerade as facts’. Steve will outline the research evidence, the possible explanations, and solutions which call for a radically different approach to the way organisations approach the realisation of benefits from their investments in change.

Fee payable: Members £10.00 / Non-members £15.00

Speaker: Mark Lee

1-5 places: £62+VAT per seminar, 6-11 places: £51+VAT per seminar, 12+ places: £48+VAT per seminar

Fee payable: see description